Chocolate is good for your heart, skin and brain．Usually, people think that chocolate is bad for their health．They describe chocolate as“something to die for”or say“death by chocolate”．Now they should bite their tongues! Evidence is showing that some kinds of chocolate are actually good for you in the following ways:

A happier heart

Scientists at Harvard University recently examined 136 studies on cocoa—the main ingredient in chocolate and found that it does seem to strengthen the heart．Studies have shown heart benefits from increased blood flow．These benefits are the result of coca’s chemicals, which seem to prevent both cell damage and inflammation（炎症）．

Better blood pressure

If yours is high, chocolate may help．Jeffrey Blumberg from Tufts University recently found that people with high blood pressure who ate 3．5 ounces of dark chocolate per day for two weeks saw their blood pressure drop quickly．

Muscle magic

Chocolate milk may help you recover after a hard workout（锻炼）．In a small study at Indiana University, people who drank chocolate milk between workouts did better on a tiredness test than those who had some sports drinks．

Better for your skin．German researchers gave 24 women a half-cup of special cocoa every day．After three months, the women’s skin was moister（滑润的）and smoother．The research shows that chocolate helps protect and increase blood flow to the skin, improving its appearance．

Brain gains

It sounds almost too good to be true, but research suggests that chocolate may improve your memory, attention span, reaction time, and problem-solving by increasing blood flow to the brain．

52. What’s the meaning of “bite their tongues”in the first paragraph?

A. Stop talking．          B. Speak up．              C. Think of it．            DvListen to it

53. What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph?

A. Sports drinks are better than chocolate milk．

B. Sports drinks can make people easy to be tired．

C. Drinking milk can keep you energetic at work．

D. We should drink chocolate milk between times when we work hard．

54. The conclusion that chocolate may help lower blood pressure was made by_________．

A. scientists at Harvard University

B. Jeffrey Blumberg from Tufts University

C. scientists at Indiana University

D. German researchers

55. What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Chocolate, a Healthy Food                            　　B. More Chocolate, Less Health

C. Chocolate and Blood Pressure                        D. Advice on Eating Chocolate

三、阅读理解

On New Year’s Eve

At midnight on New Year’s Eve, people in Rome, Italy, throw out all the things they no longer want. The streets are filled with old chairs, beds, clothes and dishes. In Madrid, Spain, the new year comes in more quietly. People flock to the main square. Each holds a bag of grapes. As the clock strikes twelve, the people eat the grapes— one for each stroke.

In Tokyo people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning, some Japanese families climb Mount Fuji. There they watch the first sunrise of the new year.

41. This story is about New Year’s Eve in ____.

A. Italy and Spain     B. China and Japan    C. Japan             D. both A and C

42. In Rome, Italy, the streets are filled with old things on New Year’s Eve because __     .

A. people throw out all the things they no longer want

B. the city has never been clean

C. people want to change back what they want

D. they want to see the sun come up

43. People in both Spain and Japan bring in the new year by____.

A. throwing things away                      B. eating a special food

C. climbing a mountain                       D. watching the first sunrise

44. In Tokyo, people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve _____.

A. because they like eating noodles very much

B. so that the daytime could be longer

C. in order that they could live longer

D. though they don’t eat them

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink-Cola-Cola,” the sign said.

　　“Boy!” the silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.

　　An old woman was standing at her door.

　　“You boy! Come here this minute!”

　　Slowly the boy   21   onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman’s house. When he arrived at her house, she   22   out her hand and wrapped（缠住）her   23   old fingers around his arm.

　　“Help me inside, boy,” she said. “Help me   24   to my bed. What’s your name?”

　　“Joseph,” he said.

　　The old woman on the bed tried to   25   up, raising herself on her elbow（肘）. Water    26    from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel   27   .

　　“I’m dying, Joseph. You can see that, can’t you? I want you to write a   28   for me. There’s paper and pencil on the table there.”

　　Joseph looked down at the   29   , and then looked out of the window. He saw the sign again, “Coca-Cola. Drink Cola-Cola.”

　　“I want my silver ring to   30   to my daughter.”

　　Joseph bent his small body over the table and   31   the pencil slowly across the paper.

　　“There’s my Bible（圣经）,” the old woman said. “That’s for my daughter, too. I want a   32   Christian burial（基督葬礼）with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That’s the last   33   of a poor old woman.”

　　The boy laboured over the paper. Again he looked out of the window.

　　“Here. Bring it here so I can   34   it.”

　　Joseph found the Bible, and,   35   the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.

　　“  36   me now, boy,” she sighed. “I’m tired.”

　　He ran out of the house.

　　A cold wind blew through the   37   window, but the old woman on the bed   38   nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind.   39   on the paper were some childish letters. They   40   the words, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”

　　21．A．rushed      B．struggled      C．hurried         D．stepped

　　22．A．reached    B．let                C．pushed            D．pointed

　　23．A．firm               B．smooth           C．dry                 D．fresh

　　24．A．back         B．up                      C．away    　       D．ahead

　　25．A．sit          B．get                     C．stand              D．wake

　　26．A．fell         B．burnt              C．burst               D．ran

　　27．A．ill          B．sick              C．unpleasant       D．funny

　　28．A．letter              B．note              C．will               D．message

　　29．A．table               B．pen               C．paper              D．woman

　　30．A．send    　 B．go                 C．belong            D．come

　　31．A．moved 　 B．drew               C．used               D．pulled

　　32．A．great       B．merry     　    C．splendid          D．real

　　33．A．hope  　   B．chance            C．opinion           D．wish

　　34．A．sign  　    B．read              C．remember      D．copy

　　35．A．setting     B．hiding             C．placing           D．laying

　　36．A．Hold       B．Leave             C．Excuse            D．Pardon

　　37．A．large       B．open              C．small              D．pretty

　　38．A．did　      B．saw                C．felt               D．knew

　　39．A．Described B．Printed           C．Recorded        D．Written

       40．A．formed    B．spelled            C．organized        D．repeated

Could it be in the room _________ we had a talk last night ___________ you left your keys ?

A. that; where     B. in which; where   C. where ; that        D. where ; where

 Although a large _______ of money ______ used and a great ______ of doctors and nurses lost their lives in fighting against SARS, we were able to win the battle in the end.

   A. number; was; amount             B. amount; was ; number

   C. amount; were; number             D. number ; were; many

第二部分阅读理解 （共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）

阅读下例短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

       Once a group of 17-year-old schoolboys decided to break the world basketball marathon（马拉松）record. They wanted to play for 90 hours and add 6 hours to the record. Each team had 9 players, with 5 at a time. The boys decided each person would play 21.5 hours and then rest for 2 hours. Then they started at 6 o’clock in the evening.

       The first night was very hard for the players. When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited to fall asleep at once. After sleeping for a short time, they had to play again. On the second night,they fell asleep as soon as they stopped, Some of them had trouble with their feet and hands, but the only serious problem was a psychological（心理学的）one. Each boy was thinking: Why am I doing this? How can I play any longer? After the third night, the players knew they could finish the 90 hours. The basketball on the fourth night was very slow. But in the final hours, the players got better. For the last few minutes, the players looked as fresh as when they started. How happy everyone was!

41．Before this basketball marathon, the world record was       .

       A．84 hours   B．86 hours   C．90 hours   D．96 hours

42．The first night was hard for the players because_______.

       A．they were too excited      B．they only slept for a short time

       C．no one watched them play      D．it was very long

43．“…the players looked as fresh as when they started.”Here “fresh”means_______.

       A．不熟练的 B．兴奋不己的     C．精神饱满的     D．伤痕累累的

44．Which of the following is not true.

       A．Some of the boys were hurt when they played

       B．It was hard for the players to fall asleep at night

       C．The boys started playing at 6 o’clock in the evening

       D．In the end, all the boys felt happy

Ⅳ. 单词拼写：（共7小题；每小题1分，满分7分）

76 Tom is putting on too much weight. He needs to go on a d_________.

77.We have to take strong m___________ against the drunken drivers.

78 They are putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which p_________ heat from escaping from the earth into space.

79 When he went to England, he found his English too l________, so he began to learn English.

80 Reading in too strong sunlight is h_____________ to your eyes.

81. .What he said c____________(证实) that he had cheated in the exam.

82. It is _______________(明显) that she is not honest with you.

83.Many people say too much _______________(暴力) is shown on television.

84.This one is _________(稍微) better than that one , but not much.

85.If time ____________(许可)，I will visit my aunt in Washington.

 – You are always thinking of yourself! You kept me waiting for two hours.

-- I am sorry that you _____think so.

  A. would                   B. can’t          C. should        D. needn’t

We didn’t know you were in trouble at that time, __________we would have given you a hand.

A. while  B. when   C. therefore   D. otherwise

The boy should be punished. You shouldn’t let him ______ cheating in the exam.

A. keep away from             B. keep away with

C. get away from               D. get away with